Define your genre in five words or less:
White. People. Play. Guitars. Poorly.
Describe the worst gig you have ever played.
An old band of mine played a show in Wagga Wagga back in the early ‘00s. Upon arriving we found the PA company we’d hired had been told in no uncertain terms to fuck off by the venue owners. Fortunately a drunk man named Wayne wearing stubbies, wife-beater and thongs offered to lend us his PA which was at his farm in Mara about 30 mins out of town. Having no other choice we piled into two cars and headed for the farm. Later in the evening our bass player, who had travelled in Wayne’s friend’s car, told us that Wayne and his mate had pulled a knife on him on the drive out as a ‘joke’ and that he thought we were all travelling through the night to our doom. It turned out all right but the gig was still shit and the pub refused to pay us and the original PA company tried to get us to pay even though they never did the work.
Where would you like to be in five years?
Running a successful record store that only sells releases by my former bands, I have hundreds and hundreds of the things.
Do you have a pre-gig ritual? If so, what is it?
Avoid eating for 3-4 hours prior, drink 3-4 beers, poop 3-4 times, lose the set list.
If someone made a movie about your life, who would play you?
I am told I look like Seth Rogen on a weekly basis, or more to the point have people yell ‘Seth Rogen’ at me on the street. So, James Franco?
What makes a good musician?
A couple of lessons after school, the latest Washburn guitar with a Floyd Rose tremolo and locking nut, a bunch of Boss pedals and a fine Yamaha amp (just like the pros use). At least that’s what Jim at Musicians Paradise told me when I was 15.
How do you stop your pre-gig jitters?
Getting on stage and playing the show, they are usually gone by then end of the first song.
Anything else to add?
Vaccines cause autism, 9/11 was an inside job, the government is controlling your mind with chemtrails, fluoride causes cancer, Tony Abbott is a lizard person. Nah, not really.
ARRESTER are launching their debut EP Lift a Lonely Spell on Thursday July 31 at The Old Bar in Fitzroy. The band will be joined by Gus Rigby and Triple Denim.
